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The formula for resilience in the Baltics: civil defence, access to weapons, and military service
At the beginning of September, leaders from the worlds of politics, business and law gathered in Vilnius for law firm’s Sorainen 30th anniversary event and to discuss the future of the region. One clear dominant theme stood out: defence. The panel discussion highlighted the view that the Baltic states, although small, must remain resilient and […]
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Tax Stories Podcast – Episode 80 – Aku Sorainen – On The New Nordics
Aku Sorainen is a founder and a senior partner of the leading law firm in the Baltics “Sorainen” that now has more than 50 partners and 400+ staff. Watch the episode here. In the podcast we discussed: Sorainen law firm just celebrated 30 years’ anniversary – how it all started – the law firm, soon after […]
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Aku Sorainen – the most influential lawyer in the Baltics
Rather than pursuing a military career in Finland, Aku Sorainen built a law firm chain in the Baltics. 30 years later, Sorainen’s firm is the largest and most influential in the region, writes Finnish newspaper Kauppalehti. Moving to Estonia in the early 1990s — a time of economic uncertainty and street-level danger — he saw […]
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Aku Sorainen: A data-centric culture doesn’t stand in opposition to being client-centric
In a recent episode of the Bits and bytes for advokater podcast, hosted by the Norwegian Bar Association, Sorainen founder Aku Sorainen shared practical insights into how our firm has successfully built a data-centric culture. “A data-centric culture doesn’t stand in opposition to being client-centric. All law firms must be client-centric – that’s fundamental. But […]
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Why Finland wants NATO: 20 similarities between Ukraine-Russia war and Winter War
Finland has applied to join NATO, and Sweden also decided to apply to join simultaneously. Usually, Finland follows Sweden, but this time it was vice versa. Finland applied to join NATO today because it doesn’t want to be left alone as it sees Russia going back to the Stalin era. For decades Finns have thought […]